Carrara Challenge #49 - THE FORBIDDEN ZONE WIP (sponsored by DAZ :) Entries closed
UnifiedBrain
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"There is a charm about the forbidden which makes it unspeakably desirable." Mark Twain
Welcome to the Forbidden Zone!
Your task this month is to enter the Forbidden Zone - a strangely desirable place - and create a render of the scene you encounter.
Lots of places are called "forbidden." Famous references include the forbidden zone in Planet of the Apes, the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the movie Forbidden Planet.
However, your assignment is not about showing a place, but to instead show a forbidden act. A classic example is the eating of forbidden fruit in garden of Eden. Or, the forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet. Several other examples are illustrated in the next post.
The Varieties of Forbidden Experience
The act of doing something "forbidden" can be illustrated in a lot of different ways. It may mean showing someone breaking a religious or secular law, or violating a social or moral taboo.
Further, there are often three phases to a forbidden act: before, during, and after. Using a bank robbery as an example, you can show 1) the crooks plotting their robbery, 2) executing the robbery, and 3) the consequence of their actions (getaway/jail time/death). Or, you can do all three! You are able to enter up to three renders.
Are forbidden acts always foolish or bad? No. For instance, sometimes there are unjust laws or rigid ideas that cry out to be challenged. Heretics who challenged such laws include, Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and the unknown rebel (who stood in front of the tanks) at the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.
But such acts of heroism are not always rewarded. Joan of Arc and Socrates both died while visiting the Forbidden Zone. Galileo survived. Life is not always fair, especially in the Forbidden Zone.
Forbidden Rules
1. Up to 3 renders can be entered. However, you can post as many WIP renders as you like, and decide which 3 to enter near the end.
2. Images must be new (previously unpublished).
3. Images must be "mostly" set up in Carrara.
4. While postwork is allowed, it must not be the dominant part of the image. Posting images of before and after postwork is encouraged.
5. At least one WIP (work in progress) image of the final Carrara setup must be posted to the WIP thread.
6. Voters will determine first, second, third, and forth place.
7. First place will be determined by the total number of votes for all renders submitted. Second, third, and forth place will be decided by the number of votes for a single image. You can only win one Daz prize.
7. The first place winner qualifies to become the next Carrara Challenge host, and sets the theme and rules for the next competition. But should the winner decline this honor, other high finishers will be given the opportunity to step forward and fill the role.
Forbidden Prizes
Once again Daz will generously sponsor the monthly Challenge. 
1st - $100 in Daz Originals
2nd - $50 in Daz Originals
3rd - $30 in Daz Originals
4th - $15 in Daz Originals
PA sponsorship will be announced shortly.
Forbidden Dates:
All dates are Daz time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/salt-lake-city
WIP thread opens Monday September 23, 2019
Entry thread opens Monday October 7, 2019
Entry thread closes/ voting begins Wednesday October 23, 2019
Voting ends Thursday October 31 (Halloween)
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NOTE: None of the renders, including the ones in the post above, were done by me.
Below are depictions of actions taken in the Forbidden Zone.
Yes, that can easily include Halloween renders! For example:
"Don't be a frady cat, it's just another house."
It sounded like a good idea an hour ago.
Other forbidden topics:
Jesse James bank robbery
The Trial of Galileo
Forbidden pulp fiction
In a speakeasy during Prohibition
Classic Adam and Eve
The pitfalls of alcohol
Joan of Arc
Dumb and dumber
Lady Godiva (1897)
Romeo and Juliet
The Death of Socrates
Literally under the influence
interresting this will be fun.
diabetics and the forbidden twinkies
thank goodness for Stezza twinkies, sugar safe and guilt free
forbidden love tween muggles andwizars and no majjes
forbidden to love hairy tomatoes, hairy on one side, forbidden to love same side hairy
sock puppets
Great theme, UB. Expect will inspire great renders.
I will not break forum TOS
I will not break forum TOS
I will not break forum TOS
Thanks, I will need the reminder.
cant get in tos trouble with a still life?
ahh I thought twinkies were some type of gay person - shows you what I know
Great topic UB!!
As per usual, over and beyond the call of duty!
used Lorenzo and Loretta in this one as well as the Poser chicken and a building I modified and retextured, and not to mention some vehicles props and haybales I modeled and some other 3du props and also DZFire props.
the Forbidden Chicken Zone
alternate title
Cluck off Colonel!
Thank you, Misty! I really appreciate your gift card donation in the last Challenge.
A good example of the theme. :)
A hallucinogenic version of an old Star Trek episode? Two forbiddens in one.
I dunno. This carrot is borderline.
Diomede and HW, many thanks for the comments!
Nice choice UB, now what mischief can I get up to ?
omgeee laughed coffee on my keyboard lollL
gave me an idea for a render
Thanks. I suspect that you won't have any problem in that department.
The Strike
I did this render a few weeks ago. Then I saw Diomede use the same ship in an NPR render. Great minds.
The vessel lurking is the Sci Fi Space Ship from David Brinnen and ForbiddenWhispers. Seemed appropriate. :)
The other ship is the Antares from Petipet. All these folks do high quality work.
Carrara content/processes include clouds, flame, text, Mars, the Moon, and GMIC. The background star field is a freebie star dome provided by Dart. Unfortunately, I can't remember where he posted it. Edit - found it.
Also forgot - no postwork.
Coast Guard said not to go out today!
modeled the jetski for the challenge. Used LoRenzo, Ken's SBRM pelican & gulls and AntFarms fins and also Evil roducer's ocean freebie
No Worries
Nice Stezza! Strangley relaxed feeling given the circumstances.
UB - love the spaceship scene
Stezza - those thongs might get nibbled on !
Where few men (except plumbers) have gone before....
very nice UB - lots of good saturation and presence
love the title Bunyip - I laughed out loud !
wow stezza, is there nothing you cant model - colonel sanders - my hero :) (he never grows old)
Glad I got you laughing again. Next one is a bit more serious....
AI explores love & reproduction through Cyborgs.
The technology advances rapidly, the debate on morality & ethics lags far behind.........
Banzai Bandit - are those rocks or crocs ?!!!
Hah! I will avoid any political comments. :)
Thanks. You always find something nice to say. It reminds me of the story about an old scholar who was walking with his student. They passed the rotting carcass of a dog, complete with flies and foul stench. The student remarked how awful it was. The scholar replied, "Yes, but look at those bright shiny teeth!"
A serious topic indeed! The drive towards more technology has negatives that we have barely begun to perceive, much less "understand.". Thanks for posting.
Nicely done, I especially like the filtered light and the sign. Is this a Howie scene?
downloads so slow cant start mine forbidden yet
forbidding
[fərˈbidiNG]
ADJECTIVE
unfriendly or threatening in appearance.
forbidden
[fərˈbidn]
ADJECTIVE
not allowed; banned.
"a list of forbidden books"
synonyms:
prohibited · banned · debarred · vetoed · proscribed · ruled out · not allowed ·[more]
physics
denoting or involving a transition between two quantum-mechanical states that does not conform to some selection rule, especially for electric dipole radiation.
Twilight Zone has it's forbidding forbidden parts.
Very inspirational renders, UB. Big fan of how you composed the spaceship.
Way to start us off, Stezza and Bunyip. Most excellent.
Not sure if this is the start of a project or not. Recently picked up a book on Robespierre. Made me want to do something with a Daz3D prop by Ness Reproductions. https://www.daz3d.com/the-guillotine
EDIT - setting is not Paris
looks forbidding
Secret Lake - https://www.daz3d.com/secret-lake
Sign from Country Ford for Daz Studio and Carrara - https://www.daz3d.com/country-ford-for-daz-studio-and-carrara
Crocodile Warning Sign - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodile_warning_sign_01.svg